A famille verte enameled ovoid jarKangxiOf compressed form with an unglazed neck and narrow ring along the shoulder surrounded by a band of lotus flowers edged in underglaze blue and painted in the same vivid colors as the peonies in bloom around a garden rock and butterflies in flight on the curving walls, the hexagonal diaper band above the foot and the double ring on the recessed base also drawn in underglaze blue beneath the lustrous glaze layer; with later reticulated wood cover and footed stand.9in (23cm) height of jar